Life-threatening hemobilia caused by hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare complication of chronic cholangitis

Hemobilia is one of the causes of obscure gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Most cases of hemobilia are of iatrogenic or traumatic origin. Hemobilia caused by a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm due to ascending cholangitis is very rare and its mechanism is unclear. We report a 74-year-old woman with a hist...

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Published in:World J Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Liu, Tsu-Te, Hou, Ming-Chih, Lin, Han-Chieh, Chang, Full-Young, Lee, Shou-Dong
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2003
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612080/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14669361
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2883
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